Abstract
Health service reforms in the United Kingdom have sought to ensure that children and young people who are ill receive timely, high quality and effective care as close to home as possible. Using phenomenological methods, this study examined the experience and impact of introducing new, community-based paediatric outpatient clinics from the perspective of NHS service-users. Findings reveal that paediatric outpatient ‘care closer to home’ is experienced in ways that go beyond concerns about location and proximity. For families it means care that ‘fits into their lives’ spatially, temporally and emotionally; facilitating a sense of ‘at-homeness’ within the self and within the place, through the creation of a warm and welcoming environment, and by providing timely consultations which attend to aspects of the families’ lifeworld.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 46-53 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Health and Place |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 0 |
Early online date | 19 Nov 2014 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2015 |
Keywords
- Paediatric
- Patient experience
- Space/place
- Phenomenology
- Qualitative research
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Professor Sabi Redwood
- Bristol Medical School (PHS) - Professor of Social Science Applied to Health and Care
- Bristol Poverty Institute
- Migration Mobilities Bristol
- Bristol Population Health Science Institute
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